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ALSO CALLED: Midsize Businesses, Small and Midsize Businesses, Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises, Mid-market Businesses, SME, Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, SMB, Medium-Sized Businesses, Small to Medium Businesses, Mid-size Businesses, Small and Medium Businesses, Small Medium Businesses, and Midmarket Businesses DEFINITION: 1) SME (small-to-medium enterprise) is a convenient term for segmenting businesses and other organizations that are somewhere between the "small office-home office" (SOHO) size and the larger enterprise. The European Union has defined an SME as a legally independent company with no more than 500 employees.2) SME also stands for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
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Driving Operations through Better, Faster Decision Making sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: CEOs \| CFOs \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| IT Managers \| Productivity \| SMBs

Driving Better, Faster Decision Making through Finance sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: In order to work effectively, the CFO needs a single unified view that integrates data from multiple data sources and key performance indicators (KPIs), and places them in the context of strategic goals and financial plans. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: CFOs \| Data Management \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| Financial Reporting \| IT Management \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

SAP® BusinessObjects™: The Preferred Business Intelligence Choice Designed for Growing Companies sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge software is the business intelligence (BI) choice of midsize companies hoping to improve business processes, discover new opportunities and edge out the competition. It includes affordable solutions addressing just about any BI requirement, like operational reporting and analysis, dashboards and visualization. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Process Management \| Dashboards \| Data Integration \| Data Quality \| Reporting Software \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs

Interact with, Visualize, Design, and Deploy Your Data sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: With Crystal Reports® software from the SAP® BusinessObjects™ portfolio of solutions, you can empower end users to explore reports interactively, create compelling reports with stunning visualizations, and develop powerful data "mashups." Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Collaboration \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Reporting Software \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs

Riding the Growth Wave: Leveraging Economies of Scale sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how an integrated information technology solution can help you take advantage of economies of scale to boost manufacturing utilization, enhance service levels, and improve the efficiency of your sales and administrative activities. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| Productivity \| ROI \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

A Better Bottom Line - Implementing Efficient Business Solutions sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Efficient operations help you better control costs and enable you to offer more competitive pricing and terms to your customers. SAP Business One, a single, affordable application designed for small businesses, lets you streamline operations, access accurate information quickly, and get a 360-degree view of key business areas. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Customer Service \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Productivity \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

How Technology Can Help You Expand Your Business sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Your company's growing fast. Your days are consumed with the flurry of activities it takes to manage that expansion. With the right business management software, you can integrate your business, improve customer service, make more informed business decisions, and move into online sales. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| CIOs \| Customer Service \| Data Management \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Software

Simplify Reporting with XL Reporter in SAP® Business One sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: With the SAP® Business One application, you get a fully integrated financial analysis and reporting tool that provides quick access to comprehensive data. The XL Reporter tool uses a familiar interface and unique drag-and-drop technology to simplify report creation for financial and operational data. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Enterprise Applications Software \| Financial Reporting \| Reporting Software \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Top 10 Ways to Optimize Remote Office Disaster Recovery sponsored by Zenith Infotech WHITE PAPER: Dealing with disasters at remote offices, where you likely have little or no technical staff, can be challenging—and, if you're not careful, expensive. Here are our top 10 tips for optimizing branch office DR while achieving overall improvements in cost efficiency. Posted: 29 Oct 2009 \| Published: 29 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Downtime \| Remote Office Connectivity \| ROBO \| RPO \| RTO \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs

Mastering Disaster Recovery for Mid-Sized Organizations sponsored by Zenith Infotech WHITE PAPER: A comprehensive disaster recovery implementation is critical to ensuring computing resources maintain operations in the event of a server failure or data loss. Mastering disaster recovery in mid-sized organizations requires the careful identification and implementation of end-to-end backup along with recovery tools and services. Posted: 29 Oct 2009 \| Published: 29 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Recovery \| Remote Office Connectivity \| ROBO \| Server Management \| SMBs \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Using Market Influence to Grow Your Business: Collaborate with Partners and Win More Customers sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at ways in which an integrated information technology solution can help you keep on top of your chosen markets and sustain growth. Posted: 29 Oct 2009 \| Published: 29 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Customer Satisfaction \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Manage the Supply Network: Ensuring Efficient, Effective Supply Chain Operations sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: To succeed, you need to optimally manage the entire scope of your supply chain network. The SAP® Business ByDesign™ solution helps you ensure efficient and effective supply chain operations and increase transparency and visibility throughout – and control over – your entire supply chain network. Posted: 29 Oct 2009 \| Published: 29 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Productivity \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains

Extending the Benefits of Virtualization to Remote Office and Branch Locations, Small to Medium Businesses and Web Hosters sponsored by VM6 Software WHITE PAPER: VM6 provides affordable software solutions to extend the benefits of enterprise-class virtualization to remote offices and branch locations (ROBO), small to medium businesses and web hosters. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Downtime \| High Availability \| Network Management \| ROBO \| ROI \| SAN \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Web Hosting

Distributed IT Infrastructures: Alternative Approaches sponsored by VM6 Software WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Centers \| High Availability \| IT Infrastructure \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| SAN \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| SLA \| SMBs \| Systems Management \| TCO \| VM \| WAN

Business Intelligence in SAP® Business All-in-One sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: With the business intelligence functionality in SAP® Business All-in-One solutions, your company can gain visibility, insight, operational alignment, and accountability to increase revenue, margins, and liquidity; streamline processes; improve agility; and become a best-run business. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Dashboards \| ERP \| ERP Software \| ROI \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs \| TCO

SAP® Business All-in-One Fast-Start Program: Creating Affordable, Flexible Solutions for Faster Value sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: The SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program enables you to configure a solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor the solution to meet your changing needs, protecting your long-term investment. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Processes \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs

Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions: Instant, Accurate Information Drives Competitive Edge sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Information Management \| Inventory Management \| IT Systems \| Manufacturing Systems \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs \| Strategic Planning

Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies—Improving Your Company’s Efficiency and Effectiveness, No Matter Its Size sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: While your company has continued to improve its operating efficiencies, you feel your company should be spending more time analyzing what's going on and predicting and planning for the future. This white paper from SAP offers guidance on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your company with business intelligence. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Intelligence \| Business Processes \| Data Warehouses \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs \| Software as a Service

Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Maintain operational efficiency while cutting supply chain costs with new approaches, technologies, and methodologies. Third party logistics providers, radio frequency identification rentals, and attribute-based demand planning can help you reduce supply chain costs and boost customer satisfaction. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Customer Satisfaction \| Demand Chains \| ERP \| Outsourcing \| RFID \| SMBs \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Event Management \| Supply Chain Management

Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: Windows Server® 2008 R2 is the newest Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies, Windows Server 2008 R2 provides enhanced management control over resources across the enterprise. Read the top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2. Posted: 13 Oct 2009 \| Published: 13 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Power Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Remote Access Software \| Server Management \| SMBs \| Storage Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Windows Server Software

BI for Small and Mid-sized Businesses sponsored by LogiXML WHITE PAPER: This paper dispels some myths about BI in smaller companies and outlines the main options at your disposal. Posted: 08 Oct 2009 \| Published: 08 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| IT Services \| IT Systems \| Licensing \| Model Driven Architecture \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security sponsored by Webroot Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines Web security solutions that focus on increasing overall security effectiveness and reducing the burden on IT departments. It describes the challenges facing many SMB environments and identifies critical elements that make for lower-cost and easier-to-manage solutions. The paper highlights Webroot's SaaS security offering. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Email Security \| Email Security Services \| Hackers \| SMBs \| Software as a Service \| Spyware \| Virus Protection \| Web Services \| Web Services Security \| Worms

Best Practices Guide - Intel® Xeon® Edition: VMware Reference Configurations for Midsize Companies sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper proposes a spectrum of reference configurations using Sun servers based on Intel processors, the broad range of Sun storage systems and appliances, and the VMware suite of virtualization products to configure cost-effective information systems for these businesses. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: High Availability \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Systems \| VMware

ERP in SMB: Exploring Growth Strategies sponsored by SAP WHITE PAPER: This report is a road map for SMBs seeking to meet the corporate goals of growth strategies and customer service through Best-in-Class ERP implementation. Posted: 28 Sep 2009 \| Published: 28 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Customer Service \| Customer Service Best Practices \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SMBs

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT sponsored by SAP WHITE PAPER: Executives at small and midsize companies are making critical business decisions every day based on the information available to them. This information can come from a variety of sources: opinions from peers and colleagues; a personal sense of intuition or business judgment; or data derived internally or externally to the organization. Posted: 28 Sep 2009 \| Published: 28 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| IT Management \| IT Services \| IT Systems \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs

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